Photographs of the Donjon

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Tenshukaku-ato, the foundations of the main donjon of the Edo castle. The castle was originally completed in 1607 but was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1657. Since then it has never been reconstructed and only the stone wall that formed its foundation remains today.
When the Imperial Palace was rebuilt in 1968, the inner citadel was remodeled as a public garden.